Prof. Akkattu Thankappan Biju

Profile

Academic position	Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fields	Organic Molecular Chemistry
Keywords	Donor Acceptor cyclopropanes, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Aryne chemistry, NHC catalysis, Asymmetric catalysis
Honours and awards	2019: Editor-in-Chief, J. Heterocyclic Chem. (January 2019 onwards) 2018: CRSI Bronze Medal, Chemical Research Society of India 2018: Punjab University Bhagyatara Award 2018: SERB Distinguished Investigator Award 2017: AVRA Young Scientist Award 2016: Emerging Investigator by Chem. Commun. 2016: IFCPAR/CEFIPRA Research grant 2016: New Talent by Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015: Emerging Investigator by Org. Chem. Front 2015: Young career Focus in Synform

Current contact address

Country	India
City	Bengaluru
Institution	Indian Institute of Science (IISC)
Institute	Department of Organic Chemistry
Homepage	http://www.orgchem.iisc.ac.in/atbiju/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius	Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Münster, Münster
Prof. Dr. Daniel B. Werz	Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Start of initial sponsorship	01/01/2009

Program(s)

2008	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2011	Mohan Padmanaban, Akkattu Thankappan Biju, Frank Glorius: Efficient Synthesis of Benzofuranones: N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)/Base-Catalyzed Hydroacylation-Stetter-Rearrangement Cascade. In: Org. Lett., 2011, 5624-5627
2011	Mohan Padmanaban, Akkattu Thankappan Biju, Frank Glorius: N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes with Activated Alkyl Halides. In: Organic Letters, 2011, 98-101
2011	Akkattu Thankappan Biju Mohan Padmanaban Nathalie Wurz Frank Glorius: N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Umpolung of Michael Acceptors for Intermolecular Reactions. In: Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. , 2011, 8412-8415
2011	Yvonne Loewer, Christine Weiß, Akkattu Thankappan Biju Roland Fröhlich Frank Glorius : Synthesis and Application of a Chiral Diborate. In: J. Org. Chem., 2011, 2324-2327
2010	Akkattu Thankappan Biju Frank Glorius: Intermolecular N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Hydroacylation of Arynes. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 9761-9764
2010	Akkattu Thankappan Biju, Nathalie E. Wurz, Frank Glorius: N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction Involving the Hydroacylation of Unactivated Alkynes. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 5970-5971
2009	Keiichi Hirano, Akkattu Thankappan Biju, Frank Glorius: Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2-Unsubstituted, N-Substituted Benzimidazoles. In: J. Org. Chem., 2009, 9570-9572
2009	Keiichi Hirano, Akkattu Thankappan Biju, Isabel Piel, Frank Glorius.: N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Hydroacylation of Unactivated Double Bonds. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2009, 14190-14191
2009	Akkattu Thankappan Biju, Keiichi Hirano, Roland Fröhlich, Frank Glorius: Switching the Electron-Donor Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes by a Facile Deprotonation Strategy. In: Chem. Asian J., 2009, 1786-1789